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1991 Catalina 28 with a leaking Shurflo 20088-423-244 fresh water pump. bigwheels at 1:29pm 06.03.25 Mid-Size Boats 2/695 This pump is obsolete and looking for recommendations on a replacement with filter screen. Catalin
New to this! john6206 at 12:55pm 06.03.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1046 Hi All - We are looking at a "big boat" (32') after trailer sailing for 25 years. I don't rememb
Sailboats vs Motorboats william24424 at 9:48am 06.03.25 Ask All Sailors 8/1001 My 14 year old daughter made a You tube video for school, I loved the concept ' put it on You Tube f
Backing plate material Timm R Oday25 at 8:52am 06.03.25 Ask All Sailors 13/936 While installing new hoses ,I noticed the original plywood backing for the through hull was rotted .
Hunter 306 interior table Stevan Jackson at 7:40am 06.03.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/372 I am looking to purchase a 2004 Hunter 306. It appears it has a permanent interior table that can go
Replacing Oceanair Skyscreen blackout shade Artoes at 4:49am 06.03.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/839 We had some hatch leaks, and both of our Oceanair Skyscreens need repair. We tried taking them down
1999 Hunter 310 bilge water (3) Necessity at 4:41pm 06.02.25 Mid-Size Boats 1/521 Just wanted to find out where this water is coming in from. My 310 has been in the shipyard for the
Position Reporting (Without AIS) Foswick at 4:29pm 06.02.25 Ask All Sailors 8/703 Aside from AIS (obviously) there are are a bijillion position-sharing options out there. Lots of the
O'Day Widgeon repair NaomiMartin at 3:38pm 06.02.25 Ask All Sailors 5/568 I bought a used Widgeon two summers ago. No manual. It needs some work. One cleat has let go. The li
Hand swaging lifelines. Bill Cerino at 1:32pm 06.02.25 Ask All Sailors 7/845 Has anyone sued a Johnson crimping tool on Hahn fittings?
07 H-36 windlass seadaddler at 12:48pm 06.02.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/408 I would like to take the top caption off to add grease which been over do and look at the wipe seal
Broken mast strut (1) Slowboat314 at 12:29pm 06.02.25 Smaller Boats 5/784 Raising the mast yesterday, and I had my new lower shrouds a little too tight (and on the wrong side
Using Drano for Disassembled Toilet Parts Cleaning citabria131 at 11:06am 06.02.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/888 Hello, I was looking to see if anyone has experience using Drano (or open to other suggestions) to
H280 Salon Sleeping Bed/Table (1) Occasional Heeler at 10:54am 06.02.25 Mid-Size Boats 3/671 It seems Hunter designed this salon table to fit (with the post removed) and rest on installed runne
Tiller pilot - junk 'er and start new or? Drinky Crow at 10:48am 06.02.25 Ask All Sailors 8/944 TP32 of unknown provenance. Came used w/boat in '19. Ram does the herky jerky when actuating to the
Grey non skid Paint neilthewheel at 8:05am 06.02.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/864 Any suggestions on a color match for a 89 Legend 37? Ill take into account the wicked suns effects
Roanoke Sound NC (2) majorkong1 at 6:03am 06.02.25 Destinations 2/677
Hunter 26 H26 3D printer files MySong at 7:12pm 06.01.25 Smaller Boats 1/407 Just got a 3d printer and I am looking for STL files for Hunter 26 parts. The one I would really li
Does spray expanding foam absorb odors? JimHansen77 at 6:22pm 06.01.25 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1055 Hello Everyone New owner of a 2002 Hunter 356. A previous owner sprayed expanding foam into the sp
How to fix this blister (2) newsailor72 at 5:32pm 06.01.25 Ask All Sailors 14/1087 New to me 84 macgregor 22, been sitting for 10 years. Giving it a more thorough look today, found a

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Why is my stove working? (1) jssailem at 9:56am 12.13.25 Stove still works perfect. I'm stumped Positive Gremlins
Question On Battery Charging Hello Below at 9:52am 12.13.25 Here is a link discussing the paralleled chargers and some cautionary words to take when using with
Do you use any type of dehumidifier in the winter? Rich Stidger at 9:52am 12.13.25 That's $240 on just desiccant buckets if you're using the big ones Seven buckets and matching coll
Holding tank and water tank under V berth sending units jssailem at 9:52am 12.13.25 Depends on the tanks involved. If metal then you need an insert type with a float to provide the le
Question On Battery Charging dlochner at 9:45am 12.13.25 What caught my eye was this: "DC-DC chargers increase battery life by adding sophisticated charging
Question On Battery Charging Hello Below at 9:44am 12.13.25 I'm guessing the more prudent scenario is scenario #1...but it seems like you cannot take full adva
Question On Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 9:38am 12.13.25 Im not aware of any built in protection for BMS cutoff with the Victron DC/DC chargers. I think wha
Recommend A Bottom Paint for my partially repaired swing keel? (current keel paint unknown) thinwater at 9:34am 12.13.25 With that much pitting I would really suggest sand blasting. It is impossible to get into the pits w
Holding tank and water tank under V berth sending units VFR750 at 9:06am 12.13.25 I used the Garnet seelevel II, which at that time had battery voltage, fresh water, black water, an
Looking for feedback on Raritan's Knock Out Odors (KO2) kit JimHansen77 at 8:36am 12.13.25 +1 on Raritan Saniflex. It is super easy to work with and* smells like vanilla. You could cut off*
What's going on with this keel? How do these keel bolts look? Don S/V ILLusion at 8:13am 12.13.25 Not possible to tell what is hiding under the tubes some idiot covered the keel bolts with. Really d
Why is my stove working? Tally Ho at 7:38am 12.13.25
Hunter 34 asymmetrical spinnaker (1) Phil McCall at 7:38am 12.13.25 https://support.seldenmast.com/files/595-261-E.pdf I made side plates to reinforce the the spinnak
Questions about the roof build of a Oday 27 older model likely 1979 or 78 Tally Ho at 7:32am 12.13.25 Thanks for all the answers and help. I want to make clear, I'm not sure that it is from some respon
Hunter 34 asymmetrical spinnaker (2) Phil McCall at 7:26am 12.13.25 Hi Randy , I run an asymmetrical on my hunter 34. A J105 will fit . It is just under the max size yo
Question On Battery Charging CrispyCringle at 7:26am 12.13.25 However, I still question if the Victron DC/DC charger provides the protection that we are talking
What's going on with this keel? How do these keel bolts look? dmax at 7:06am 12.13.25 From the picture anyway, the keel bolts and nuts look like they are in good shape. It's possible the
Question On Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 7:01am 12.13.25 I just watched a video that reminded me that not all BMS is the same. Apparently, BMS within the ba
WHY DO WE DO THIS? David in Sandusky at 6:57am 12.13.25 Another reason to take the furled genny down over the winter: Although sail shape deterioration is
Question On Battery Charging CrispyCringle at 6:39am 12.13.25 I recently switched to lithium with the associated electrical changes. I resisted getting a Cerbo at

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